Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality

Upon seeing a bad dream, one should make wudhu and engage in salaah عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: والرؤيا ثلاثة: فرؤيا الصالحة بشرى من الله، ورؤيا تحزين من الشيطان، ورؤيا مما يحدث المرء نفسه، فإن رأى أحدكم ما يكره فليقم فليصل، ولا …

Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: A person making zikr does not always gain the concentration and presence of mind that he desires. Hence he thinks: “What is the benefit of such zikr?” and contemplates on abandoning it. This is purely a whisper from Shaytaan and one should not …

عن حذيفة بن اليمان رضي الله عنهما قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم فضل العلم خير من فضل العبادة وخير دينكم الورع. رواه الطبراني في الأوسط والبزار بإسناد حسن (الترغيب والترهيب 1/118) Hazrat Huzaifah (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “The virtue of acquiring …

Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: We should acknowledge and show appreciation to all the means and avenues through which Deen has come to us. Not acknowledging and showing appreciation is a means of ingratitude and a cause of great deprivation. Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) has said in …

Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: In regard to the verse of Surah Mu’minoon in the 18th juz, Allah Ta’ala says: قَد أَفلَحَ المُؤمِنونَ “The believers are successful.” In the following verses, Allah Ta’ala enumerates the qualities of the true believers and explains that those who adopt the …

Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: One can only reach Allah Ta‘ala through emulating Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) both inwardly and outwardly. We recognise the favours of our parents, wives etc. upon us, but we have failed to recognise the favours of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) upon us. He …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: If insaan possesses the qualities of expressing servitude, obedience and submission before the command of Allah Ta’ala, then he is worthy of being called a human being. If he does not possess these sublime qualities within him, but rather follows the …

If one experiences a bad dream, one should recite the following duaa thrice, and one should change one’s sleeping position. One should not mention the dream to anybody. أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيم   عن جابر رضي الله عنه عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال إذا رأى …

Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: In Surah Faatihah we ask for guidance to the straight path. But what is this path and how will that guidance come? This is explained in the next verse: صِرَاطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ  “The path of those whom you have favoured” They have …

عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم أفضل العبادة الفقه وأفضل الدين الورع.  رواه الطبراني في معاجيمه الثلاثة وفي إسناده محمد بن أبي ليلى (الترغيب والترهيب 1/118) Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (Radhiyallahu Anhuma) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “The most …